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Constructed Languages Constructed Languages Day 6 - Writing Systems BEFORE WE BEGIN.... Let’s finish discussing our conlangs thus far. What is writing? WHAT IS WRITING? • Writing is the representation of language with the use of visual signs •The primary goal of writing is to make our utterances, which are by default audible, visible ICONIC SIGNS • Signs within a writing system may be iconic ● the signifier bears strong resemblance to the signified ● Signifier = letter, syllabogram, character, etc. ● Signified = what the sign represents (word, sound, etc.) Egyptian < pr > ‘house’ SYMBOLIC SIGNS • Or symbolic ● arbitrary relationship between the signifier and signified OGHAM STANDING STONE BUT EVERY WRITING SYSTEM MUST REPRESENT LANGUAGE Represents the morpheme pr ‘house’ & the syllable /pr/ Represents the phonemes of Old Irish ICONIC & SYMBOLIC WRITING SYSTEMS • Is the English alphabet iconic or symbolic? ? Whether iconic or symbolic, writing must represent language. THE CHEYENNE INDIAN LETTER • 19th c. message from Turtle-Following-His-Wife to his son, Little Man • Says something like: “Dad (TFHW) says to return home, enclosed is $53 for the cost of the trip” THE CHEYENNE INDIAN LETTER • Is this an instance of writing? Why or why not? PICTOGRAPHS =/= WRITING • The Cheyenne letter is an instance of pictographs ● = picture writing • pictorial representation of objects, ideas and events ● Signs represent an event or an idea and not direct language • i.e., words, morphemes, phonemes, etc. ● Independent of a word or utterance, which refers to that object, idea or event Any modern pictographs in America? MODERN PICTOGRAMS PICTOGRAPHS • In each of the examples above, pictographs convey an idea, event or tell a story • But in order for a graphic mark to be true writing, it must represent language Types of Writing Systems? TYPES OF WRITING SYSTEMS • In devising a writing system one must choose between representing meaning (semiography) or representing sound (phonography): Meaning Semiography Writing Phonography Sound TYPES OF WRITING SYSTEMS • So writing systems are always either: 1. Phonological ● Contains signs that represent individual sounds that are contrastive in a particular language ● “Phonographic” writing system • Phono- ‘sound’, graph- ‘write 2. Morphological: ● Contains signs that represent individual morphemes that are contrastive in a particular language ● “Logographic” writing system • Logo- ‘word’, graph- ‘write’ LOGOGRAPHIC SCRIPT :CHINESE • These logograms represent the words ‘happiness’, ‘love’ and ‘joy’ • Not the phonographic equivalents of said words in Chinese ANY LOGOGRAPHIC SIGNS THAT WE USE IN ENGLISH? • What do you think? • There are a few: 1. Arabic Numerals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. 1. Mathematical symbols: + , - , = , × , etc. 1. Other common symbols: &, %, $, €, #, etc. ANY “PURELY” LOGOGRAPHIC SCRIPTS? • Nope! ● No “pure” logographic scripts, as each logographic system has at least some phonological signs • Why not? ● For a writing system to adequately represent a language, it must be able to represent words that are newly introduced in the language, like: • names • foreign words • new words created with derivational morphemes, etc. PHONOGRAPHIC WRITING SYSTEMS • There are a number of different ways that phonographic writing systems may represent the phonology of a language • Traditionally divided into: Syllabic ● Graphemes represent syllables (completely or incompletely) Segmental ● Graphemes represent phonemes (completely or incompletely) SYLLABIC SCRIPTS • Syllabic scripts = Syllabaries ● Signs stand for syllables, not individual phonemes • What would English look like if we used a syllabary? • <If> <Eng><lish> <had> <a> <syl><la><ba><ry> <we> <would> <write> <like> <this> WHAT’S A SYLLABLE? WHAT’S A SYLLABLE? • So a syllable has three parts to it: the onset, the nucleus and the coda. • The nucleus and coda form another phonological unit, which is called the rhyme 2 6 SYLLABARIES • Many of the world’s languages that utilize syllabaries have very restrictive syllable structure • Syllables look like CVCVCVCVCV ● CV = consonant + vowel ● cf. Hawaiian meli kalikamaka ‘Merry Christmas’ ● cf. Japanese meri kurisumasu ‘Merry Christmas’ SYLLABARIES • In a syllabary, each grapheme should represent a syllable ● And what does every syllable have? ● A nucleus! (usually a vowel, V) ● So each grapheme – at the bare minimum – should represent a nucleus JAPANESE HIRAGANA CHEROKEE SYLLABARY ENGLISH AS A SYLLABARY? • Both Japanese & Cherokee have relatively simple syllable structures • Simple = no consonant clusters, CV ● Why is this good for a language using a syllabary? ● Is English a good candidate for using a syllabary? ● English: • Onsets (1, 25) + (2, ~42) + (3 x ~ 9) = 76 • Nuclei – 18 (14 vowels + syllabic liquids, nasals) • Codas – ~100 • 18 + (76 x 18) + (100 x 18) + (76 x 18 x 100) = 139,986!!!!! SEGMENTAL SYSTEMS • Graphemes represent discrete phonological segments (phonemes) • First type of segmental systems you’re familiar with • Alphabet ● Graphemes represent consonants and vowels CYRILLIC ALPHABET ABJADS • Abjad, aka consonant(al) alphabet ● Graphemes represent consonants only • Cn y’ll rd ths sntnc? Ths s wht nglsh wld lk lk f th lphbt wr n bjd. ABJADS - ARABIC ALPHASYLLABARIES • Alphasyllabary ● Graphemes represent consonants and vowels, but are grouped by syllable ● Cf. devanagari, the script of Hindi: ALPHASYLLABARIES • Cf. the Ethiopic Ge‘ez script, used to write Amharic and Tigrinya (both Semitic languages) What are the symbols for: /š/ /n/ /i/ /e/ TO REVIEW 1. Logographic: graphemes = morphemes 2. Phonographic: graphemes = sounds a) Syllabic: b) Segmental 1) Alphabet 2) Abjad 3) Alphasyllabary IN CONLANGS... FUTURAMA KLINGON - TYPE? DaH mojaq-mey-vam DI-vuS-nIS-be' 'e' vI-Har now suffix-PL-DEM 1PL.A.3PL.P-limit-need-NEG that 1SG.A.3SG.P-believe "I believe that we do not need to limit these suffixes now." Transliteration Translation Ash nazg durbatuluk One Ring to rule them all, Ash nazg gimbatul One Ring to find them, Ash nazg thrakatuluk One Ring to bring them all Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul and in the darkness bind them TENGWAR SCRIPT · May be written in two different “modes”: tehta mode and the mode of Beleriand tehta – vowels = diacritics http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tengwar.htm Ir Rúmil teithȧnt i thîw vinui, “When Rúmil drew the first letters a Faenor hain prestant, “And Fëanor changed them, i Ngolodhr hyn eglerianner. “the Noldor praised them.” CIRTH Dar ig Daegor teithart i khigth virui, “But when Daegor drew the first runes, i Thiougim ghlarreg - “the Sindar laughed - & ir raughgim shor eghlegiarreg “and the Dwarves praised him.” http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/cirth.htm • Oeri ta peyæ fahew akewong ontu teya længu. My nose is full of his alien smell. • Fisk’aungiri tsapʔalute sengi oe. I apologise for this moron. • Oel ŋati kameie. I see you. • T’o new ŋa rivei, oehu! Come with me if you want to live! • Eiwa the Pandoran deity • tiftia kifkeiæ science FROM OMNIGLOT http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/scar.htm FROM OMNIGLOT http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/balinsilel.htm Example : Heptapod For Today - Writing Systems 1. Create an original writing system for your language. 2. It may be an : a. Alphabet b. Abjad c. Alphasyllabary d. Logographic System e. Hybrid f. Something else????? Constructed Languages Day 6 - Side-Note : the History of Writing Systems CHINA (1700 BCE) oracle bone MESOAMERICA (700 BCE) Mayan hieroglyph Teotihuacan MESOPOTAMIA (4000 BCE) cuneiform tablet ORIGINS OF WRITING • In each of these cases, writing was invented in a culture that was: ● technologically advanced, ● a sedentary civilization with cities, ● has a division of labor and ● a surplus economy MESOPOTAMIA – WHY WAS WRITING INVENTED? • In the Middle East, writing invented to record business transactions • Made possible the keeping of reliable records for palaces and temples of ● grain ● produce ● livestock ● textiles MESOPOTAMIAN WRITING - CUNEIFORM stylus CUNEIFORM EXAMPLE – 196TH LAW OF HAMMURABI, KING OF BABYLON (1750 BCE) šu-um-ma a-wi-lum i-in ma-a-ar ši uḫ-ta-ap-pid i-in šu u-ḫa-ap-pa-du [ʃumma awilum iːn maːr ši uħtappid iːn ʃu uħappadu] “If a man destroys the eye of a man’s son, his eye will be destroyed.” EVOLUTION OF SIGNS What happened in 3000 bce? cf. HOW MIGHT THAT HAPPEN? WAYS CUNEIFORM SIGNS ALTERED IN SUMERIAN 1. Creation of Phonographic Signs ● This enables the Sumerians to write word endings like • cases: ergative, dative, absolutive • verbal agreement roots only affixes added HOW WERE PHONOGRAPHS CREATED? + = ? The Rebus Principle The use of an easily pictured object to stand for its more abstract homonym. REBUS PRINCIPLE ANOTHER ONE (COURTESY OF SHEALYNN HALL) ANOTHER ONE (COURTESY OF HILLARY SMITH) CREATION OF PHONOGRAPHS ‘Barley’ → <še> CREATION OF PHONOGRAPHS ‘tool’ [ba] → ‘distribute’ [ba] CREATION OF PHONOGRAPHS ‘body’ [su] → ‘replace’ [su] CREATION OF PHONOGRAPHS ‘plant’ [sar/šar] → ‘write’ CREATION OF PHONOGRAPHS ‘arrow’ [ti] → [til] ‘life’ SPREAD OF WRITING Stimulus Diffusion HOW DOES EGYPTIAN WORK? • Very similar to Cuneiform: ● Logograms ● Phonograms • Not Syllabograms – Consonantograms! EGYPTIAN LOGOGRAMS /pr/ ‘house’ /r’/ ‘sun, day’ EGYPTIAN CONSONANTOGRAMS • 1 consonant: • 2 consonants: • 3 consonants: WHY CONSONANTOGRAMS AND NOT SYLLABOGRAMS? • Egyptian morphemes are phonemically composed only of consonants. ● Triconsonantal – n f r ‘good, complete’ ● Biconsonantal -- p r ‘house’ • Egyptian speakers would provide grammatical and lexical modifications to these roots by providing different
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